Cheraw, South Carolina

The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a
* Flood Advisory for
the Pee Dee River at Cheraw.
* Until Friday afternoon.
* At 11 am Wednesday the stage was 9.8 feet.
* Flood stage is 30.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will rise to crest at 29.8 feet Friday
morning.
* Advisory stage is 20.0 feet.
* At 30.0 feet... the higher bank begins to flood. Large areas of
farmland and river bottomland near Cheraw will be flooded.

1114 am EST Wed Nov 11 2009

... Flood Watch remains in effect until 7 PM EST this evening...

The Flood Watch continues for

* portions of east central Georgia and central South Carolina...
including the following areas... in east central Georgia...
Burke... Columbia... Lincoln... McDuffie and Richmond. In central
South Carolina... Aiken... Bamberg... Barnwell... Calhoun...
Chesterfield... Clarendon... Edgefield... Fairfield... Kershaw...
Lancaster... Lee... Lexington... McCormick... Newberry...
Orangeburg... Richland... Saluda and Sumter.

* Until 7 PM EST this evening

* the rain will continue to diminish through the afternoon hours.
Continued runoff from earlier rains... along with saturated
soil... supports possible flooding through the afternoon.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flood Watch means flooding is possible.

Do not attempt to drive on flooded roads. On foot... keep away
from storm drains.

... Lake Wind Advisory remains in effect until 11 PM EST
Thursday...

A lake Wind Advisory remains in effect until 11 PM EST Thursday.

Low pressure near the coast will bring northeast to north winds
of 15 to 25 knots... along with higher gusts through Thursday.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A lake Wind Advisory indicates that winds will cause rough chop
on area lakes. Small boats and personal watercraft will be
especially prone to capsizing.

The following are totals from the recent heavy rainfall event.
Appreciation for these reports is extended to cooperative
observers... cocorahs observers... Skywarn spotters... Highway
departments... and media. The rainfall totals for the past
48 hours ending at 7 am this morning.

Location County/state source amount

Official reports

Augusta Bush Field - kags Richmond co GA ASOS 4.37
Augusta Daniel Field - kdnl Richmond co GA ASOS 3.49
Columbia Metro apt - kcae Lexington co SC ASOS 2.74
Columbia Owens field - kcub Richland co SC ASOS 2.53
mcentire ang - kmmt Richland co SC ASOS 2.56
Orangeburg mun apt - kogb Orangeburg co SC ASOS 2.32
Sumter Shaw AFB - kssc Sumter co SC ASOS 2.20


Cooperative observer reports...

... Northern midlands...
Bishopville :bsps1 2.52
Cedar Creek :blys1 2.63
Chesterfield :ctfs1 3.11
Longtown :lnts1 3.32
Lake Wateree :wats1 2.51
Shaw AFB :ssc 2.20
Winnsboro :wnbs1 2.52

... South midlands...
Bamberg :bams1 2.34
Columbia Metro apt:cae 2.74
Columbia Owens apt:cub 2.53
Manning :mans1 2.07
mcentire ang :mmt 2.56
Little Mountain :lims1 4.09
Newberry wkdk :nwys1 4.38
Orangeburg airport:ogb 2.32
Pelion :plns1 3.02
Sandhill :sahs1 2.48
Sandy Run :sans1 4.30
Saluda fltr plt :sads1 4.11

... Central Savannah River area...
Aiken :akis1 4.12
Augusta Bush apt :ags 4.37
Augusta Daniel apt:dnl 3.49
Barnwell :bnls1 2.91
Clarks Hill :chds1 5.69
Johnston :johs1 3.96
McCormick :mccs1 4.68
Waynesboro :wyng1 2.93


The following are cocorahs precipitation reports

location cocorah ID amount

Aiken 0.9 SSE SC-AK-1 4.09
Aiken 2.7 NW SC-AK-15 4.13
Aiken 8.1 SSE SC-AK-16 4.00
Aiken 1.0 SSW SC-AK-23 3.92
Augusta 2.3 E GA-rc-1 3.99
Blythewood 4.7 SSE SC-rc-6 2.86
Camden 4.2 ENE SC-kr-3 2.25
Chapin 2.8 SSE SC-lx-28 3.42
Columbia 6.8 NNE SC-rc-9 2.60
Columbia 6.7 N SC-rc-12 2.46
Columbia 6.0 SSW SC-rc-29 2.32
Columbia 2.7 NNW SC-rc-28 2.27
Dentsville 6.6 NNE SC-rc-1 1.33
Edgefield 10.5 N SC-ed-5 3.71
Elgin 1.2 SW SC-kr-9 2.37
Evans 2.1 NNW GA-cu-3 4.71
Gaston 4.4 N SC-lx-40 3.40
Gaston 5.3 E SC-CA-2 3.46
Gilbert 1.2 SSW SC-lx-39 3.64
Holly Hill 0.4 N SC-or-5 1.06
Irmo 4.4 N SC-rc-7 3.62
Irmo 3.3 WNW SC-rc-26 3.30
Irmo 3.3 NW SC-rc-4 3.20
Irmo 4.2 NNW SC-rc-5 3.16
Lexington 1.6 WNW SC-lx-5 3.59
Lexington 5.1 WNW SC-lx-30 3.53
Lexington 2.9 NE SC-lx-35 3.26
Lexington 3.4 SSE SC-lx-26 3.23
Lexington 5.9 SW SC-lx-22 3.21
Lexington 1.2 SW SC-lx-43 3.03
Lugoff 1.6 WSW SC-kr-8 2.42
Martinez 0.7 WSW GA-cu-1 4.23
north 0.3 W SC-or-3 2.87
North Augusta 4.2 NE SC-AK-4 2.66
Oak Grove 2.2 SW SC-lx-8 3.50
Oak Grove 1.4 N SC-lx-7 2.64
Pomaria 4.0 N SC-NW-2 4.69
Saluda 6.1 SW SC-sl-2 3.81
Seven Oaks 2.2 NNE SC-rc-3 3.12
Summerton 5.2 SSE SC-cd-4 1.63
Summerton 8.4 se SC-cd-1 1.20
Sumter 1.3 se SC-sm-1 1.71
Trenton 6.3 SSW SC-ed-2 3.71
Vance 1.5 ENE SC-or-6 1.72
West Columbia 8.0 SW SC-lx-38 3.15

Media reports...

Wltx spotter Lugoff (as of 10 am) 3.40
wltx spotter Lake Murray (as of 9 am) 4.90